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Public universities in South Africa are divided into three types: traditional universities, which offer theoretically oriented university degrees; universities of technology ("technikons"), which offer vocational oriented diplomas and degrees; and comprehensive universities, which offer a combination of both types of qualification.
The university is also home to two significant scholarly collections on South Africa: the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Scotland Archive and the George Johannes Collection. In 2012, GCU began designing and developing work-based programmes in railway operations management for Transnet Freight Rail, South Africa's largest freight rail organisation. [46]
The South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) is the official laboratory accreditation body for South Africa. Founded in 1996, SANAS is headquartered in Pretoria, South Africa . SANAS accreditation certificates are a formal recognition by the Government of South Africa that an organisation is competent to perform specific tasks.
Honolulu University (also known as Honolulu University of the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities and Golden State University) [10] [207] Houdegbe North American University, Nigeria [56] House of God Academy and Bible College Online, South Carolina; [208] overseen by the unaccredited Transworld Accrediting Commission International [8]
The university is governed in accordance with the Higher Education Act of 1997, [11] and its constitution is specified in the Statute of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, [12] as approved by the South African Minister of Education and the Parliament of South Africa.
Detailed development and implementation is carried out within these boundaries. All education and training in South Africa fits within this framework. It is national because it is a national resource, representing a national effort at integrating education and training into unified structure of recognised qualifications.
Universities South Africa (USAf), formerly known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), is an intermediary that represents all 26 public universities leaders to the general public and acts in the “best interests” of universities.
The appointment of professors follows the British system, and the term "professor" is never used for school teachers. However, since the university system has long been fractured between research-intensive and undergraduate teaching-focused universities, there is no absolute consistency.